PANAMA CITY: Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Panama law firm whose leaked documents have unleashed a global scandal over how the world’s elite use offshore companies to hide their wealth.
Organized crime police surrounded Mossack Fonseca’s headquarters in Panama City as the offices were being searched, along with several other branches.
Prosecutors said the raids had taken place “with no incident or interference,” but gave no details on the results of the searches.
The fallout from the so-called Panama Papers, which law firm Mossack Fonseca claims were stolen when hackers from abroad breached its system, has spread around the world.
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Source: The Manila Times
